2018-02-17T23:40:34.000000000-05:00
Matisse Thybulle scored a career-high 26 points and Noah Dickerson added 14 as Washington snapped a three-game losing skid by pulling away for an 82-59 victory over Colorado in a Pac-12 Conference game

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The Wall Street Journal

2018-02-17T23:49:06.000000000-05:00
Eight days into the Winter Olympics the U.S. is fifth in the medal count with nine over all—tied, along with Austria and Japan, with the Olympic Athletes from Russia, a team stripped of its flag and devoid of many of its stars due to doping sanctions.

2018-02-17T07:56:33.000000000-05:00
Retailers rang up their strongest holiday sales since 2011, but now they have to figure out what to do with an estimated $90 billion in returned apparel, electronics and sporting goods.

2018-02-17T04:12:11.000000000-05:00
American skier Lindsey Vonn skidded wide on a turn in the lower half of the Super G and finished sixth in her first race in these Olympics on Saturday. Czech Republic’s Ester Ledecka won gold.

2018-02-16T19:20:08.000000000-05:00
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&amp;P 500 edged higher to extend their rebound as stocks showed firm signs of regaining their footing after tumbling earlier this month.

2018-02-16T12:19:58.000000000-05:00
The teenager who killed 17 people at a Florida high school had alarmed authorities, neighbors and classmates, with many recounting such behavior as obsessing over weapons and shooting small animals with a pellet gun.

2018-02-16T10:40:00.000000000-05:00
State officials across the country are increasingly worried that a provision in the new tax law extending college savings accounts to K-12 expenses will blow an unexpected hole in their budgets.

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The New York Times

2018-02-18T04:45:07.000000000+00:00
President Trump depicted indictments charging Russians with interfering in America’s politics as a vindication for himself rather than a threat to the United States.

2018-02-18T02:23:25.000000000+00:00
No deaths were immediately reported from the 7.2-magnitude quake, but 13 people were killed when a helicopter bringing officials to a town near the epicenter crashed.

2018-02-18T02:03:54.000000000+00:00
When Russian trolling techniques were exported to the United States, it seems to have been done with a lack of discipline and secrecy. But that does not mean the operation lacked high-level support.

2018-02-17T20:30:00.000000000-08:00
All-Star media day had an audience this year and as Paul George shared his thoughts on the myriad questions posed to him, the fans a few hundred feet away, likely Lakers fans, started chanting “We Want Paul! We Want Paul!” George smiled and chuckled hearing it. “It feels good to be welcomed,” Geo...

2018-02-17T20:15:00.000000000-08:00
A low-pressure system moving in from the north is expected to bring snow showers in the mountains and foothills of Los Angeles and Ventura counties along with the coldest temperatures in the region so far this winter season, forecasters said. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weath...

2018-02-17T20:10:00.000000000-08:00
Spectacular performances by the likes of Yuzuru Hanyu and Chloe Kim have obscured the improbable upset that is unfolding at these Games. Shaun White is surviving his #MeToo moment. The iconic snowboarder won what was potentially the most expensive gold medal in history, as his return last week...

2018-02-17T20:00:00.000000000-08:00
Tyler Reddick survived a massive wreck and five overtime restarts to inch past Elliott Sadler and capture the NASCAR Xfinity Series PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway on Saturday. The pair battled it out down the stretch before Reddick’s No. 9 Chevy crossed the finish line just...

2018-02-17T19:50:00.000000000-08:00
Tobias Harris started the Three-Point Shooting Contest in grand fashion, knocking down 18 threes in the first round, advancing the Clippers forward to the championship round Saturday night at Staples Center. But once he arrived in the final, Harris could not overcome the hot shooting of Phoenix...

2018-02-17T19:45:00.000000000-08:00
Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Joshua Thiede, a 29-year-old Uber and Lyft driver who was last seen Feb. 11 near the 1000 block of Wilshire Boulevard. Thiede is Caucasian, 6 feet tall and 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, according to the Los Angeles Police Department....

2018-02-17T19:40:00.000000000-08:00
Terry Maston scored 24 points and Baylor beat No. 7 Texas Tech 59-57 on Saturday night, ending the Red Raiders' seven-game winning streak after the Big 12 leaders lost top scorer Keenan Evans to a foot injury in the first half. Maston, who finished two points shy of his career high set in the pre...

2018-02-17T19:35:00.000000000-08:00
It was the pass that “doomed” Clippers sixth-man savant Lou Williams in the Skills Challenge on Saturday night. His inability to pass a basketball through a target slowed him at Staples Center, leading to Williams’ first-round loss to eventual champion Spencer Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie, a Los Angeles...

2018-02-18T03:46:09.000000000+00:00
New York's Roman Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan celebrates funeral Mass for Army National Guard soldier and native of Ghana who died while rescuing some of more than a dozen people trapped in deadly fire.

2018-02-18T03:23:56.000000000+00:00
Thousands of angry students, parents, teachers and neighbors of a Florida high school where 17 people were killed are demanding immediate action on gun-control legislation.